POSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT. IT IS TIME NOW TO CLEAR DEFENSIBLE SPACE. CAL FIRE SAW THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF FIRES ACROSS THE STATE THIS JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF OUR DROUGHT. WE'RE WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOREST AND FIRE PROTECTION. THEY ARE CANVASSING HIGH RISK AREAS. WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL DEAD AND DYING MATERIAL. MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE MAINTAINING 100 FEET OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND THEIR HOMES DURING THIS DROUGHT. WE WERE DOING THAT SEVERAL MONTHS EARLIER BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED FIRE THREAT ACROSS THE STATE. NO LUMBER UP AGAINST THE HOME, NO TRASH OR GARBAGE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE OBJECTS. INSPECTORS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO REMOVE FLAMMABLE VEGETATION, SPACE OUT TREES AND PLANTS AND TRIM BRANCHES, ALL TO CREATE A BUFFER ZONE AND TO HELP FIREFIGHTER. NONFLAMMABLE ROOF. IT CAN BE VERY HARD FOR US TO PROTECT MULTIPLE HOMES, BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE 15 ENGINES FOR 15 HOMES. SO FAR CAL FIRE HAS INSPECTED 90 HOME THIS IS WEEK, WITH HOMEOWNERS ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THE FIRE SEASON AHEAD. IT'S NICE TO HAVE THEM OUT HERE AND GIVING US THE KNOWLEDGE AND SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH US, AND PREPARING US IN CASE OF FIRE DANGER. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL LADDER FUELS. THEY SAY THEY ARE ONLY EDUCATING HOMEOWNERS, NOT CITING OR FINING THEM. THEY SAY IT'S A WAY TO BE PRO-ACTIVE ABOUT THE DROUGHT. DRY CONDITIONS DON'T SPARK FIRES, BUT ONCE A FIRE IS SPARKED THEY ALLOW A FIRE TO BURN FASTER AND A LOT MORE INTENSE, MAKING OUR JOB A LOT HARDER. IN AUBURN. THOSE INSPECTIONS ARE FUNDED BY THE FIRE INSPECTION FEE PAID FOR BY THOSE THOUGH LIVE IN